Bette Korber
Bette Korber is an American computational biologist focusing on the molecular biology and population genetics of the HIV virus that causes infection and eventually AIDS. She has contributed heavily to efforts to obtain an effective HIV vaccine. She created a database at Los Alamos National Laboratory that has enabled her to design novel mosaic HIV vaccines, one of which is currently in human testing in Africa. The database contains thousands of HIV genome sequences and related data.
Bette Korber | |
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Korber with basket made for her by Zulu women at the orphanage she helped found | |
| Alma mater | California State University Long Beach, California Institute of Technology |
| Known for | designing AIDS vaccines using HIV virus database |
| Awards | Richard Feynman Award for Innovation 2018, Thomson Reuters Corporation 100 most influential scientists of decade 2014, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award 2004, Los Alamos National Laboratory fellow 2002, Distinguished Alumna of CSULB 2001, Elizabeth Glaser Scientist for pediatric AIDS 1997 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | computational biology, molecular biology, population genetics, virology |
| Institutions | Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe Institute |
| Thesis | (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Leroy Hood, Iwona Stroynowski |
Korber is a scientist in theoretical biology and biophysics at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She has received the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, the Department of Energy's highest award for scientific achievement. She has also received several other awards including the Elizabeth Glaser Award for pediatric AIDS research and the Richard Feynman Award for Innovation.